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New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, September 21, 1961
Petrosian Plays A Draw In Chess
Breaks a 3-Way Tie for 2d—Fischer Keeps Lead
Bled, Yugoslavia, Sept. 20 (AP)—Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union drew with a countryman, Ewfim Geller, today and broke a three-way tie for second place in the international grand masters chess tournament.
Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, who adjourned his twelfth-round match with Petar Trifunovic of Yugoslavia, is first with a score of 8—3. Petrosian is 8—4. Paul Keres of Estonia and Mikhail Tal of Latvia share third with 7½-3½ totals.
Bobby Fischer retained the lead by playing a draw in the eleventh round, according to a report from Yugoslavia Wednesday. Petrosian won his eleventh-round game and moved into a tie for second with Keres and Tal.
Fischer, paired with J. Germek of Yugoslavia, conducted the black pieces and set up a King's Indian defense.
The United States champion from Brooklyn lost a pawn and his position began to deteriorate. Under time pressure, Germek erred and Fischer was able to split the point after thirty-eight moves. The American's score was 8—3 after the draw.
Petrosian won a pawn on the black side of a French defense against Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland. An unsound sacrifice of a rook forced the Icelander's resignation in thirty-three moves.
Keres and Geller made short work of a queen's gambit declined. The game last twenty-six moves and they agreed to halve the point.
Tal played Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia in a King's Indian defense. The Slav, with the black pieces, sacrificed a rook and forced a repetition of moves that resulted in a draw in thirty-seven moves. Gligoric, still undefeated, has a score of 6½—3½, with one game pending.
The other winner in the eleventh round was J.H. Donner of the Netherlands. He defeated Boris Ivkov of Yugoslavia in thirty-nine moves of a Caro-Kahn defense.
